List of national theatres

Several countries have one or more national theatres. This component in the name of a theatre indicates that the funding is not only a concern of private investors or the local city, but of the national or federal budget. The Comédie-Française in Paris, founded in 1680, is widely considered to be the world's first national theatre.


 * Albania: National Theatre of Albania
 * Argentina: Teatro Nacional Cervantes
 * Australia:
 * National Theatre in St Kilda, Victoria
 * National Theatre in Launceston, Tasmania
 * Austria: Burgtheater in Vienna
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina:
 * Sarajevo National Theatre
 * Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica
 * National Theatre Mostar
 * Croatian National Theatre in Mostar
 * Brazil:
 * Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in Brasília
 * Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
 * Bulgaria: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
 * Canada: National Arts Centre of Canada in Ottawa
 * China: The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
 * Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
 * Croatia: National Theatres, including
 * Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
 * Croatian National Theatre in Split
 * Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
 * Czech Republic:
 * National Theatre in Prague
 * National Theatre in Brno
 * National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava
 * Denmark: Royal Danish Theater
 * The Old Stage, Kongens Nytorv
 * Copenhagen Opera House
 * Royal Danish Playhouse
 * Stærekassen
 * El Salvador: Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador
 * Ethiopia: Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa
 * Finland: Finnish National Theatre
 * France:
 * Comédie-Française
 * Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
 * Théâtre national de la Colline
 * National Theatre of Strasbourg (Théâtre national de Strasbourg)
 * Théâtre national de Chaillot
 * Théâtre national de l'Opéra Comique
 * Germany: The National Theatres in Munich, in Mannheim and in Weimar
 * Ghana: The National Theatre in Accra
 * Greece: The National Theatre in Athens and the National Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki
 * Hungary: The National Theatres in Budapest, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
 * Iceland: Þjóðleikhúsið (National Theatre), Reykjavík
 * India: National Theatre (Kolkata), Kolkata, India
 * Ireland: The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
 * Israel: Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv
 * Italy: National Dramatic Theatre, Rome
 * Japan:
 * National Theatre, Tokyo
 * New National Theatre, Tokyo
 * National Noh Theatre, Tokyo
 * National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka
 * National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe
 * Kenya: Kenya National Theatre
 * Latvia: Latvian National Theatre, Riga
 * Malaysia: National Theater in Kuala Lumpur
 * Mali: Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba
 * Malta: Manoel Theatre, Valletta
 * Mexico: National Theatre of Mexico, Mexico City
 * Moldova:
 * Bălți National Theatre
 * Chişinău National Theatre, Chişinău
 * Montenegro: Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica
 * Netherlands: Het Nationale Theater, The Hague
 * Myanmar: National Theatre of Yangon, National Theatre of Mandalay
 * Norway: Nationaltheatret (National Theatre) in Oslo
 * Nigeria: National Arts Theatre in Lagos
 * Philippines: Tanghalang Pambansa (National Theater) in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Manila
 * Poland: The Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw
 * Portugal:
 * The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon
 * The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon
 * The Teatro Nacional São João in Oporto
 * Republic of Ireland: The National English language Theatre of Ireland in Dublin is more commonly called the Abbey Theatre. The National Irish language Theatre is the Taibhdhearc in Galway.
 * Romania:
 * National Theatre Bucharest
 * Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
 * Iaşi National Theatre
 * Serbia:
 * National Theatre in Belgrade
 * Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
 * Slovakia: Slovak National Theatre
 * Slovenia:
 * Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama
 * Maribor Slovene National Theatre
 * Nova Gorica Slovene National Theatre
 * Sri Lanka: Navarangahala in Colombo
 * Somalia: National Theatre of Somalia in Mogadishu
 * South Korea: National Theater of Korea in Seoul
 * Spain:
 * Castile: Teatro Nacional María Guerrero, Madrid
 * Catalonia: National Theatre of Catalonia, Barcelona
 * Sweden: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
 * Taiwan:
 * National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung
 * National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
 * National Taichung Theater, Taichung
 * Thailand: National Theatre of Thailand in Bangkok
 * Turkey: Turkish State Theatres
 * Uganda: National Theatre of Uganda
 * United Arab Emirates: The National Theater in Abu Dhabi
 * United Kingdom:
 * The Royal National Theatre or The National Theatre on London's South Bank
 * Scotland: The National Theatre of Scotland
 * Wales: National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh Language)
 * National Theatre of Venezuela

Not national theatres
Some theatres carry "national theatre" in their name without being governmentally funded national theatres:
 * United States: The National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
 * Vietnam: Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi